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HOPSON, Edward Mason
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX9241 |
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Enlisted: | 30 October 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Albany, Western Australia , 17 February 1909 |
Home Town: | Albany, Albany, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese , Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, 26 April 1944, aged 35 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial, Column 136, Singapore |
Memorials: | Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX9241 | |
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30 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX9241, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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